Street Avenger said:
swarfrat said:
AC/DC also fits the 'market to 13 year olds, and now 30 years later they still love it', along with a (absolutely shocking to me) number of the current crop of 13 year olds. Simple chord progressions, straight 8ths on the A string, lyrics that - gutter content aside - are still not exactly high poetry. (Actually I thought 'Rock n Roll Dream' was a bit more complex and subtle than what I normally expect from them). Yet this is likely to be met with a chorus of, 'yeah but they made good music'.
Even though Rush fans in particular are likely to make such accusations because there aren't 7 chord changes to every bar and the lyrics haven't been run through a thesaurus, nor are there any songs about angst, quantum physics, or stock purchases using inflection points of the DIJA - there's still a surprising amount of complexity in there - especially rhythmically, and many of those straight 8 bass lines are actually pedals that set up some interesting tension.
That said - just because I can admit that some of my favorite music was also the product of a skillfully run marketing machine doesn't prevent me from mocking Justin Bieber.
13 year-olds liked it (because it Rocked), but it was geared toward
adults. In fact, most teenagers probably didn't even get the innuendo and double-entendre in AC/DC's lyrics.
Their music contained a hell of a lot more creativity than anything Katy Perry or Britney Spears has ever done. Plus it Rocked.
I'm a Rush fan, I can enjoy complexity. But I'm a Bush fan too if that says anything about simplicity. I personally hate AC/DC's music, I just can't stand the guy's singing.
Ntm, I think justin bieber can sing really well. He does what he can to please his fans, which there aren't a lot of. I'm not a fan, but I'll listen to him before AC/DC. And the mash ups...
Again, nothing against AC/DC, I just can't enjoy.
